Regarding Cosmic Exploration Issues and Frequently Received Inquiries (Apr. 23, 24)

We would like to inform you regarding the confirmed issues related to Cosmic Exploration as well as frequently inquired topics.

■Known Issues
・For stellar missions in which aetherial reduction is carried out, the automatic aetherial reduction window may fail to close if the stellar mission objective is completed while the reduction is in progress.
*If this issue occurs, performing a stellar return will make it possible to close the window.
・During Cosmic Exploration, the time between the issuance of a mech op directive and the start of the operation would be shortened under certain conditions.
・During Cosmic Exploration, the standard synthesis, quick synthesis, and trial synthesis can be performed while a crafter's stellar mission is in progress.

*Updated Apr. 28, 2025 2:45 a.m. (PDT) / 9:45 (GMT) / 10:45 (BST) / 19:45 (AEST)
Among the above issues, the issue of the time between the issuance of a mech op directive and the start of the operation being shortened under certain conditions and the issue that standard synthesis, quick synthesis, and trial synthesis could be performed while a crafter's stellar mission was in progress were addressed by the maintenance of Apr. 28, 2025 1:30 a.m. to 1:38 a.m. (PDT) / 8:30 to 8:38 (GMT) / 9:30 to 9:38 (BST) / 18:30 to 18:38 (AEST).
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

*Updated Jul. 14, 2025 10:00 p.m. (PDT) / Jul. 15, 2025 5:00 (GMT) / Jul. 15, 2025 6:00 (BST) / Jul. 15, 2025 15:00 (AEST)
Among the above issues, the issue where the automatic aetherial reduction window may fail to close when the stellar mission objective is achieved during automatic aetherial reduction was addressed by the maintenance of May 26, 2025 5:00 p.m. to May 27, 2025 2:30 a.m. (PDT) / May 27, 2025 0:00 to 9:30 (GMT) / May 27, 2025 1:00 to 10:30 (BST) / May 27, 2025 10:00 to 19:30 (AEST)
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

■Other frequently received inquiries
・During miner/botanist stellar missions, mineral deposits and quarries/mature trees and lush vegetation patches are not being displayed.

*Based on the details of the inquiries and received videos, it appears that the cause is likely due to the effects of “Prospect” and “Triangulate” expiring, which are used to make the mineral deposits and quarries/mature trees and lush vegetation patches visible.

We believe there is the possibility that when participating in mech ops and switching to the dedicated hotbar and repeatedly performing the mech ops specific actions may cause the “Prospect” and “Triangulate” actions to be mistakenly executed when switching back to the regular hotbar after the mech ops has ended, thereby disabling their effects.

We are continuing to investigate whether this issue is due to some other cause, but if mineral deposits and quarries/mature trees and lush vegetation patches are not being displayed, please check whether the “Prospect” and “Triangulate” effects are active. If they are inactive, please try executing the “Prospect” and “Triangulate” actions or switch to a different job and then switch back to miner/botanist as this will automatically activate these effects.

・During miner/botanist stellar missions, certain required items for the mission cannot be obtained.

*Based on the details of the inquiries, it appears that some players are unaware that after gathering, aetherial reduction is required to obtain the specified items for the stellar missions. We believe this is due to an issue with the display of the duty list which may have led to confusion. We will review addressing this in a future patch.

Aetherial reduction is currently required for the following stellar missions.

▽Miner
Class B Missions
- Stellar Repair Materials

Class A Missions
- A-2: Alchemical Refinement Materials
- A-3: Rare Material Extraction
- A-3: Fine-grade Water Filter Materials II
- A-3: Folkloric Materials I
- A-3: Folkloric Materials III

▽Botanist
Class B Missions
- Stellar Repair Materials

Class A Missions
- A-2: Alchemical Refinement Materials
- A-3: Rare Material Extraction
- A-3: Fine-grade Water Filter Materials II
- A-3: Folkloric Materials I
- A-3: Folkloric Materials III

We apologize for the inconvenience.